[CentOS-devel] Question about generating a spin of CentOS 7

[Fabian Arrotin]

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On 31/10/14 14:21, Steven Falco wrote:
> On 10/31/2014 03:44 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>> On 10/31/2014 03:08 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Doug
>>> Wellington<ddw at rincon.com>  wrote:
>>>>> Previously:
>>>>>>> Might be simpler in the long run to make it a 2-step
>>>>>>> process.  That is, do a minimal OS install, then have a
>>>>>>> 2nd DVD or USB key that they install after the base
>>>>>>> system with a script that upgrades any existing rpms
>>>>>>> and installs the rest of what you need.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That adds an interesting set of questions.  Do I somehow
>>>>> try to get the postinstall script to prompt for it?  Do I
>>>>> try to create something similar to firstboot that would
>>>>> prompt for the second disc after the reboot?  Do I just
>>>>> list it in the install docs?  Right now the install docs
>>>>> are "1) Boot from DVD; 2) Choose system from menu."  I'd
>>>>> like to keep it that simple.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Seems like I'd still have to create an appropriate
>>>>> comps.xml file for whatever was on the second disc anyway,
>>>>> so why not just create everything on the first/only disc to
>>>>> begin with?  Also, I always copy all of the RPMs into a
>>>>> local repository (e.g. /opt/repos/centos6u4) and run
>>>>> createrepo on it.  Having one comps.xml file that works for
>>>>> both the installation disc and the installed repository
>>>>> keeps things clean...
>>>>> 
>>> Is it really too complicated for the 'hands-on' guy to log in
>>> as root,
>> You'd be surprised. There might not exist a "hands-on guy" able
>> to do anything more advanced than "insert disc in cd-drive, boot
>> system". Been there, had to deal with that. I even had to deal
>> with the question "What does boot mean ?'
> 
> This thread has taken an interesting turn, but I'd like to try to
> bring it back to my original question:
> 
> How can I build a variation on the official DVD, including
> generating the embedded LiveOS image; i.e., the rootfs.img file?
> 

Well, I haven't read the whole requirements list you probably
described earlier, but have you already had a look at lorax ? It was
written for such particular case normally :
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-disk-image-installation-automatic.html

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